Flower Seeds. 



NOVELTIES FOR 186!). 



The following novelties of this season, selected from the most reliable growers of 

 England, France, Prussia, and Germany, will- be found valuable additions to the 

 class to which they respectively belong. 



Amaranthus bicolor ruber. Fine, vigorous, variegated-leaved plant, with abun- 

 dant foliage, green striped, and shaded with purplish-red at the foot of 

 the stems and branchlets ; bright carminate scarlet, sometimes pointed 

 yellow, and thickly set at the top. We consider this variety one of 

 the best variegated-leaved plants, and far more showy than the old 



bicolor 50 



Aster German quilled Magenta (reddish-violet). An extremely fine variety of 



the quilled German Aster . .50 



Calandrinia speciosa alba. A pure white variety of the popular. ('. speciofi}. 

 The dwarf habit of this variety makes it one of the most useful for edg- 

 ing of beds, rockeries, or as a pot-plant .25 



Campanula medium rosea double. A double variety of the Canterbury Bell, 



rose-colored, reproduced freely from seed ..... .50 



Candytuft dwarf Lilac. A dwarf variety of the old Candytuft, interesting lor 



its small bushy size ; very good plant 25 



" very dwarf white (Iberis affinis). First-class novelty (annual and 

 biennial), from four to seven inches high, producing large, compact 

 bushes, finely-cut leaves, and, when the plant is in bloom, almogl 

 completely covered with a multitude of brilliant white flowers; 



slightly sweet scented .25 



Cerinthe aspera. The finest of this species ; the flower-tube bright golden 011 



a black ground - . . .25 



Chrysanthemum carinatuin hybridurn, fl. pi. A novelty strongly recommended, 

 nearly all fine double flowers ; brilliant, shaded in orange, scarlet, ami 



rosy-purple . ^ht^is^h'(bn:tU\K v/B-yuiawT '»e0B8Jk%G L&tir&OSQ&XQ 

 Convolvolus minor unicaulis. It has a single upright stem without a branch. 

 The strength of the plant is directed to one point, and the result is, ;i 

 compact head of flower-buds in great profusion, expanding into blos- 

 soms of immense size, of a very rich purplish-blue, and continues in 



bloom throughout the season . 25 



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